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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Desperate need for medical evacuations in Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens
     4 February 2026
    Only five patients, along with their family members, exited through Rafah on the first day of its reopening, according to ABC staff inside Gaza. Doctors say it does not scratch the surface of the thousands of Palestinians who desperately need medical evacuation.
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    The Office of the Auditor General's quashed claims about Health New Zealand removing patients from waitlists in Nelson
    3 Feb: The Office of the Auditor General's quashed claims about Health New Zealand removing patients from waitlists in Nelson... more
    Midwives will now be able to administer vaccinations to babies
    3 Feb: Midwives will now be able to administer vaccinations to babies... more
    A woman who was in hospital after having her leg amputated - found herself being watched as she changed, touched while she slept and had sexual comments made to her by a male patient
    2 Feb: A woman who was in hospital after having her leg amputated - found herself being watched as she changed, touched while she slept and had sexual comments made to her by a male patient... more
    The pharmacy sector is concerned year long prescriptions will change the way GP visits operate
    2 Feb: The pharmacy sector is concerned year long prescriptions will change the way GP visits operate... more
    Changes to prescribing rules are being hailed as a great first step for improving access to ADHD care
    2 Feb: Changes to prescribing rules are being hailed as a great first step for improving access to ADHD care... more
    A coroner's found mental health care failures, in the lead up to a young man's suicide in a Christchurch park
    2 Feb: A coroner's found mental health care failures, in the lead up to a young man's suicide in a Christchurch park... more
    Calls for the Government to fund different medication for those with Lou Gherig's disease
    1 Feb: Calls for the Government to fund different medication for those with Lou Gherig's disease... more
    A warning new ADHD prescription rules, won't make diagnosis of the condition any quicker
    1 Feb: A warning new ADHD prescription rules, won't make diagnosis of the condition any quicker... more
    Hopes a new tool will be able to help the fight against vaping
    1 Feb: Hopes a new tool will be able to help the fight against vaping... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     09 Jan: Expressions of interest close today for a new Primary Care Pathway for medical graduates +++++++++++++++
     18 Jan: Auckland University is taking aim at New Zealand's biggest cancer killer - by opening the country's first lung cancer organoid bank +++++++++++++++
     06 Jan: The first group of General Practices with patients affected by the Manage My Health cyber attack, have been notified ++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: A word of caution as calls grow to fund weight-management drugs ++++++++++++++
     09 Jan: Health portal Manage My Health is still working to notify users affected by last week's major cyber breach ++++++++++++++
     09 Jan: Biosecurity teams are ramping up controls in Auckland - after catching a single male Queensland fruit fly in a Mount Roskill surveillance trap on Tuesday +++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Biosecurity officials hunting Queensland fruit flies in Auckland - have found nothing after another weekend of precautions +++++++++++++


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